Improving productivity of Ministers and Bureacrats as one of the 100 day targets.
One of the biggest challenges to better Governance is the way the Ministers are able to take the officials along with them.
The "Gujarat Model" is said to be characteristic of more freedom to the officials and less interference by the Ministers. This is a good model no doubt as long as we have honest and hard working officials to support honest Ministers.
Unfortunately the Delhi bureaucracy is neither hard working nor considered honest. The previous regime ensured that there was complete administrative paralysis and all round corruption. Though on public platforms we feel like saying that the officials are honest and only politicians are corrupt, the situation on ground could be different.
Hence all Ministers need to find efficient and honest personal secretaries before they can hope to work well. The problem will be more in ministries where either the Ministers are less experienced or the work is technically complex. In such ministries, the dependence on the officials will be high.
Mr Modi may be capable of having a direct contact with his staff and motivate them to meet the demands to which they are not used to. But are other ministers capable of matching him? ..is not clear.
I therefore suggest that one of the first requirements of the Government is to ensure that all Ministers are trained appropriately on "Leadership and Motivation" keeping Mr Modi's style of operation in mind.
I hope IIM Ahmedabad with appropriate experts in the field need to be given this task immediately though this would divert the ministers from their regular work for a work shop for atleast one day.
Perhaps improving the productivity of Ministers and bureaucracy is the most important task for the 100 day target as it is the foundation on which other 100 day targets can be built. In fact this workshop should be a target for the next fortnight itself.
Naavi more
The "Gujarat Model" is said to be characteristic of more freedom to the officials and less interference by the Ministers. This is a good model no doubt as long as we have honest and hard working officials to support honest Ministers.
Unfortunately the Delhi bureaucracy is neither hard working nor considered honest. The previous regime ensured that there was complete administrative paralysis and all round corruption. Though on public platforms we feel like saying that the officials are honest and only politicians are corrupt, the situation on ground could be different.
Hence all Ministers need to find efficient and honest personal secretaries before they can hope to work well. The problem will be more in ministries where either the Ministers are less experienced or the work is technically complex. In such ministries, the dependence on the officials will be high.
Mr Modi may be capable of having a direct contact with his staff and motivate them to meet the demands to which they are not used to. But are other ministers capable of matching him? ..is not clear.
I therefore suggest that one of the first requirements of the Government is to ensure that all Ministers are trained appropriately on "Leadership and Motivation" keeping Mr Modi's style of operation in mind.
I hope IIM Ahmedabad with appropriate experts in the field need to be given this task immediately though this would divert the ministers from their regular work for a work shop for atleast one day.
Perhaps improving the productivity of Ministers and bureaucracy is the most important task for the 100 day target as it is the foundation on which other 100 day targets can be built. In fact this workshop should be a target for the next fortnight itself.
Naavi more
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For each ministry there must be a vigilant cell and it should be accessible by the public via mail and any corruption found in that ministry down the line , it can be sent to the concerned ministry's vigilant cell and action taken earliest. more
Jun 05
Dear sir, i totally agree with you, but with a rider that the old proverb "yatha Raja, Tatha Praja" is still a fact & if the persons on the foremost post i.e. ministers are honest then bureaucracy will definitely follow them in good behavior. more
Jun 04
100 days target- First of all calculate the funds required and arrangement,whether we can arrange from Budget or need more money, If more money we need to change economic plans also. Even combination between all Ministries is essentail in one system. Maheshjani shivshiva.webs.com On Sunday, June 1, 2014 4:52 PM, Vijayashankar Na wrote: more
Jun 04
It is a good idea and a step in the right direction to impart professional training to all new ministers. more
Jun 03
one should view the YES, MINISTER serial to know how the ESTABLISMENT functions. those of us WHO HAVE NO TOUCH WITH HOW HOW THE BUREAUCRACY FUNCTIONS tend to be simplistic. what mr. modi has done is to take the babus into confidence ,assure them of freedom to deliver with security of tenure. when major decisions are taken by an incorruptible prime minister, there is less scope for other ministers/ babus to indulge in such practices. i cross my fingers and wait for the scenario to unfold. more
Jun 03
